Japanese Beetles, that is.Every year, they come, they eat, they leave us with nothing but a stubble of a plant.
They are gross. They are everywhere!
The problem with the bag-a-bug beetle bags, is that I feel like I am just attracting every bug from the entire neighborhood, rather than away from my garden. 2 hrs after hanging the last bag, we had 2 CUPS worth of beetles trapped. Sick, right? And they were still all over the peaches.
I just found this link, and I am going to try it. I'll let you know how it works out.
And in case you are wondering, no, I will not be eating the beetles.
2 comments:
I think you're right. The bags definitely attract more. I'm committed to go out every morning and take care of the stupid things manually! It's a pain, but better than putting a bunch of insecticides on the food you're going to eat!
Last year our neighbors put a beetle bag on a tree right next to our garden. I was loving them because we had twice as many beetles as any other year. Luckily they are moving so I don't have this problem this year. But last years the beetles were even eating our marigolds. Every bug hates marigolds which is why I plant them in the garden. Which pretty much shows you how well those beetle bags really work. I always just end up spraying certain things in our garden because once the beetles start up on them we just won't have anything left without the spray. I never like that we do spray though. I just couldn't figure out a different way to get rid of the beetles. Maybe I'll try this idea and see if it helps.
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